In developing this Corporate Strategic Plan, we have come to better understand, as an organisation, the importance of longer range planning and for establishing clear and achievable agency goals linked to sector and national priorities.

National priorities for this plan have been derived from the PNG Vision 2050, the Development Strategic Plan 2010-2030 (DSP) and the Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP), with sectoral priorities emerging from the new National Transport Strategy 2011-2030 (NTS).

In developing the Corporate Strategic Plan 2010-2015 we sought to establish from the outset a robust framework for reporting progress against the plan, commencing with development of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and the implementation of the systems needed to collect and report data against those KPI's on a quarterly basis; these indicators and processess will continue to be refined over the life of the plan to provide regular feedback to DoW and our GoPNG partners on our performance.

The DoW Strategic Links Diagram (p 6) demonstrates how DoW's Corporate Strategic Plan cascades from the relevant GoPNG and Sectoral policy and strategies, while the Corporate Links Diagram (opposite) demonstrates how the Corporate Strategic Plan will cascade to our Annual Work Plans. Annual Work Plans are more regularly reviewed and updated to identify efficiencies and savings and establish the funding base for prioritised activities, which in-turn are linked to higher level GoPNG and Sectoral policy.

This plan while linked to PNG Vision 2050's 7 pillars also continues to operate through our own three key strategies of Core Service Delivery, Strategic Partnerships and Credible and Sustainable Systems and Practices.

The past year has highlighted the benefits of using an activity based annual planning process within DoW and with the clear long-term focus of this plan to guide us I am confident we will continue to pursue:

JOEL LUMA
Secretary, Department Of Works
PAPUA NEW GUINEA